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Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier.

They were a group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men.

No nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty.

Well, my father was in the Army and we traveled quite a bit when I was growing up, and I thought that I would like to have a military career, although I was drawn more towards the Navy.

I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century.

Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to a culture of might, a culture of weapons, violence and intolerance.

The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.

The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.

I understand the military. I know the military.